INFLUENZA VACCINATION
Authors: GORDON MEIKLEJOHN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 September 1958INFLUENZA VACCINATIONGORDON MEIKLEJOHN, M.D., ALTON J. MORRIS, M.D.GORDON MEIKLEJOHN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALTON J. MORRIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-3-529 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAttempts to prevent influenza by vaccination began slightly more than 15 years ago. In the winter of 1943-44 a significant reduction in the incidence of influenza A by vaccination was demonstrated in multiple field trials carried out by the Commission on Influenza, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board.1Two years later, protection of even higher order was observed with influenza B vaccine.2, 3It appeared at that time that the problem of providing a high degree of protection against both influenza A and B might be solved with relative ease. Then, in 1947, influenza A-prime strains appeared, and it became clear that...Bibliography1. . Studies of 1943. A series of seven papers, Am. J. Hyg. 42: 1-105, 1945. Google Scholar2. FrancisSalkBrace TJEWM: The protective effect of vaccination against epidemic influenza B, J. A. M. A. 131: 275-278, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. HirstVilchesRogersRobbins GKAOCL: The effect of vaccination on the incidence of influenza B, Am. J. Hyg. 45: 96-101, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. FrancisSalkQuilligan TJEJJ: Experience with vaccination against influenza in the spring of 1947, Am. J. Pub. Health 37: 1013-1016, 1947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. DavenportHennessyBernsteinHarperKlingensmith FMAVSHOFWH: Comparative incidence of influenza A-prime in 1953 in completely vaccinated and unvaccinated military groups, Am. J. Pub. Health 45: 1138-1146, 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MeiklejohnKempeThalmanLennette GCHWGEH: Effectiveness of polyvalent influenza A vaccine during influenza A-prime epidemic, Am. J. Hyg. 59: 241-248, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. Meiklejohn G: Effectiveness of monovalent influenza A-prime vaccine during 1957 influenza A-prime epidemic, Am. J. Hyg. 67: 237, 1958. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. MeyerHillemanMiesseCrawfordBankhead HMMRMLIPAS: New antigenic variant in Far East influenza epidemic, 1957, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 95: 609-616, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. DavenportHennessy FMAV: Predetermination by infection and by vaccination of antibody response to influenza virus vaccines, J. Exper. Med. 106: 835-850, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Denver, Colorado*From the Symposium on Influenza, presented at the Thirty-ninth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 28, 1958.From the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Gordon Meiklejohn, M.D., Head, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Medical Center, 4200 East Ninth Ave., Denver 20, Colorado. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByHerramientas biotecnológicas en el diagnóstico, prevención y tratamiento frente a pandemiasSeasonal influenza and vaccine herd effectVaccine prophylaxis of Q fever: A follow‐up study of the efficacy of Q‐Vax (CSL) 1985‐1990Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccine When Given During an Outbreak of Influenza A/H3N2 in a Nursing HomeThe Influenza VirusesDie InfluenzaschutzimpfungDeaths from Asian influenza associated with pregnancy 1 September 1958Volume 49, Issue 3Page: 529-535KeywordsArmed forces Issue Published: 1 September 1958 PDF DownloadLoading ...